Sunday, August 19, 2012

Parmenides / Fragments 3 and 15A



    1

To think = to be

statement needing to become
image

you will come to know what you think although not when you see
what you say
when you see what it is that you are doing

most gradual of images.

    2

Word in the Greek in itself unbroken needing nothing
hudatorizon

rooted-in-water.

    3

Conodoguinet small
river locally a creek many turnings

boundary of what the map says is mine
boundary to the west to the middle of its turning bed which remains

undredged
muddy

containing stones ripple
slide of water low because of the heat/drought ripple and slide
around stones

no one kind various colors several shapes

pulled out
hauled away to make not quite regular irregular steps

    4

On each side roses
carrying buckets of water two at a time scent of roses

there can be no argument against penetration.

    5

Effort to balance some effort to climb more or less level steps
pause before climbing
down

whole stretch of the mountain mass
and line ridge line of north mountain massive and elongated blue wave

what
I do what I think
climbing up and climbing down.


-- John Taggart